[W126 Coupe] AC Problem with 1983 380SEC

[Eddie]

Niggle would be a small complaint or annoyance?

Eddie

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of David Fatovic
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] AC Problem with 1983 380SEC

Dawid, for all of us not from South Africa, what is a
niggle?

David

--- Dawid Loubser <dawidl at solms.co.za> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> On a related note, could I maybe ask somebody's
> advice on my climate  
> control (1990 560SEC) ?
> I have the "manual" climate control, i.e. has the
> circular fan and  
> vent switches in
> the middle, with temp selectors on the side, and I
> tested it  
> yesterday, and overall it works great.
> 
> i.e. I set it to 22ºC, fan full-blast, and I drove
> with all the  
> windows down and sunroof open
> (it's currently winter here, was around 6ºC). The
> system blasted the  
> interiour with pleasant
> hot air, trying to get it to 22º. I then closed all
> the windows, and  
> of course things heated
> up very quickly, to the point of being too warm. The
> system quickly  
> blew some colder air to
> equalise it, and in less than a minute, everything
> was perfect (comfy  
> 22º). So it reacts correct
> according to interiour temperature.
> 
> However, the main (central) vents of my car almost
> always emit semi- 
> cold air. If it's cold outside,
> air from them are too cold (but the rest of the
> vents compensate) and  
> if it's very hot (air conditioner
> full blast) the air from the central vents aren't
> nearly as cold as  
> form the top/bottom/side-defogging
> vents. I typically just drive with the central vents
> permanently  
> closed for this reason, but why would
> the air form just them be different? Maybe a stuck
> door or something?
> 
> They thrust perfectly according to fan setting, so
> it's just the  
> temperature that's never the same as
> the rest of the vents. A minor niggle yes, but I'd
> like to sort out  
> all my car's minor niggles :-)
> 
> kind regards,
> Dawid
> 
> 
> On 20 Jul 2006, at 5:05 nm., David Fatovic wrote:
> 
> > I would check the control unit itself.  Those are
> > known to fail for various reasons.  One of them
> being
> > bad solder joints.
> >
> > David
> >
> > --- Kivendren Moodliyar <kivendren at telkomsa.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> When I put the Ac on the red light goes on for a
> >> second then nothing
> >> happens, I cant even get the vents in the middle
> to
> >> blow out.
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